How to Analyze a Passage of Scripture (Part 3)
As stated before, when analyzing a passage of scripture in order to come to a correct conclusion, ask as many questions of the text as possible. There are no limits to the number of questions that should and can be asked. Some questions will not be answerable and some questions will be discarded as you study, but the more questions you ask and answer the more likely you are to arrive at the original intention of the author of your passage of Scripture.
When you analyze an passage of Scripture, consider these questions:
• What is the thesis or central idea of the text?
• Who is the intended audience?
• What questions does the author address?
• How does the author structure the text?
• What are the key parts of the text?
• How do the key parts of the text interrelate?
• How do the key parts of the text relate to the thesis?
• What does the author do to generate interest in the argument?
• How does the author convince the readers of the argument’s merit?
• What evidence is provided in support of the thesis?
• Is the evidence in the text convincing? In what way?
• Has the author anticipated opposing views and countered them?
• Is the author’s reasoning sound? Why?
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